Ashby vs Calendly

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Ashby is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 17.4 versus 1.5 for Calendly, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Ashby if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (17.4 vs 1.5)
You need more native integrations (250+ vs 150+)
You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat

Choose Calendly if…

You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 2 (Type 2) or SOC 3 or CSA STAR or PCI compliant or ISO/IEC 27001 coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Ashby	Calendly
Visibility score	17.4%	1.5%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#7	#47
Share of voice	3.8%	0.6%
Mentions this run	21	3
Positive in AI answers	57%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Ashby 0pp · Calendly 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Ashby leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

23.3%

0.9%

AI Mode

8.2%

2.6%

Perplexity

20.7%

0.9%

AshbyCalendly

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Ashby ranked higher

0Calendly ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Ashby	Calendly
What are the best recruiting tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#2	#15

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Ashby	Calendly
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	$400 / mo	Free; paid from $10 per seat / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Deployment	Cloud-hosted software as a service on Amazon Web Services, sold on subscription plans	Cloud-hosted software as a service
Integrations	250+	150+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 (Type 2), SOC 3, CSA STAR, PCI compliant, ISO/IEC 27001
Support	Customer success team	Help Center and Calendly Community, 24/7 email support, 24/7 chat support, Dedicated account support (Enterprise)
Founded	2018	2013
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Employees	201–500	201–500
Funding	Series D · $120M raised	Series B · $351M raised
Best for	Ambitious, scaling companies from startups to enterprises that want one system for hiring	People whose work runs on meetings, from solo business owners to teams within large organizations